Thursday, December 29, 2016

CHICAGO IL Dec 29 2016 A month after his father was shot and killed
while working as a security guard at a south suburban railyard, 5-year-old
Tyrone Hardin Jr. joined Harvey police as an honorary officer.

Tyrone was sworn in as an honorary officer at the
Harvey police station on Wednesday.

“Officer Hardin will be placed in the patrol
division, and go on active duty,” Harvey Police Chief Denard Eaves said.

Tyrone was a little at a loss for words when they
pulled a chair up to the podium so he could see over it, but his mother,
Gwinette, said that wasn’t the case Tuesday night after finding out he was
being made an officer.

“He’s been telling his siblings that if they do
anything to him, he will lock them up,” she said.

Gwinette said Tyrone was so excited he couldn’t sleep
Tuesday night.

“He’s already expressed that he can’t be put on
punishment when he’s on duty,” she said.

Eaves said police planned to have Tyrone help them
with a traffic stop while on patrol.

“There’s one area in particular where, hopefully, we
can get somebody speeding,” he said.

Tyrone’s father, a security guard who worked at the
Canadian National Railroad yard in Harvey, was shot and killed last month while
on the job.

“We are missing a vital person, but everybody kind
of helped ease it a little bit,” Gwinette said.

Tyrone Hardin Sr., 38, was working security at the
railyard on Nov. 26, when a man who had allegedly stolen a woman’s car crashed
near 159th and Park in Harvey and ran into the railyard to get away. The
suspect allegedly shot Hardin in the abdomen before stealing Hardin’s truck.

The suspect, 24-year-old Rashad Williams, was
arrested on Dec. 4, three days after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Williams is being held without bail at Cook County Jail, charged with
first-degree murder, attempted murder, and vehicular hijacking.
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